Kaufman out, Leslie Smith to rematch Kaitlin Young at Invicta FC 3

Former Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Sarah Kaufman (15-2) will no longer get to make her Invicta Fighting Championships debut on October 6 in Kansas City, Kan. An injury has forced the 26-year-old Canadian out of her scheduled Invicta FC 3 match-up with Minnesota’s Kaitlin Young (7-6-1).

The exact nature of the injury was not disclosed, however, Kaufman expressed her disappointment and apologized to Young via Twitter:

Young and Smith fought to a draw back in April in a “fight of the night” performance on the inaugural Invicta FC card. Young has fought once since then, dropping a second round submission to Liz Carmouche at Invicta FC 2 in July. Smith has not fought again.

Smith was originally scheduled to fight rising prospect Kim Connor-Hamby (4-0) on the Invicta FC 3 card. Now stepping in for her in that fight will be Colorado’s Raquel “Rocky” Pennington (3-1) who made her pro debut back in March with a second round TKO victory over Kim Couture.